Richard Lichtenstern

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Richard Lichtenstern (born April 22, 1870 in Vienna ; † May 26, 1937 Locarno , Switzerland) was an Austrian entrepreneur.

Life

Richard Lichtenstern was the son of the textile wholesaler Heinrich Lichtenstern. At the age of 15, Lichtenstern joined his father's company in Wilhelmsburg . Only two years before that he had acquired the unprofitable kk privileged Wilhelmsburg stoneware and porcelain factory . In 1895, after his father died, he took over the management of the company. However, he was able to discharge the debt of the company, which was still in debt, within two years. The company grew within the next twelve years to become the largest earthenware crockery factory in Austria-Hungary . In 1912 he bought the stoneware factory of Rudolf Ditmars Erben in Znojmo and the Urbach brothers' stoneware factory in Teplitz-Schönau .

Lichtenstern founded the first workers' consumer association in Wilhelmsburg. He had the sports field built in 1919. In 1929 the first public bath and shower was built with his funds.

One son was Kurt Heinz Lichtenstern, who took over the company again after the Second World War under the name Conrad Lester, which was adopted in the USA , but later worked as a German studies specialist and university professor.

Appreciation

  • A room in the Wilhelmsburg crockery museum is dedicated to him.
  • The Lichtenstern settlement in Wilhelmsburg bears his name.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the Austrian Goethe Society 2002/2003 , accessed on March 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ Keramik Holding AG Laufen Geschichte (English) accessed on March 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Crockery Museum Guide ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 18, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geschirr-museum.at

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personal data
SURNAME Lichtenstern, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1937
Place of death Locarno